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Junction of Crown Street and New Road, Hebden Bridge - HLS05064
Spencer's florists became Russell Dean's in 1996.
Hebden Bridge - Old Gate and the Old Bridge - HLS05065
Old Gate was constructed probably in the 1760s as part of the Halifax - Todmorden Turnpike which entered the town on Commercial Street to the front of the White Lion then left to continue over the Old Bridge and then left again. It ceased to be part…
Hebden Bridge - Council offices and Three Bridges - HLS05066
View down the Hebden Water passed the Council Offices, built 1897, St Georges Bridge, 1893, Old Bridge 1510, West End Bridge 1771. The open land bottom right is now Valley Road and Market Place.
St George's Bridge, Hebden Bridge - HLS05067
The buildings on the left, on what was then Blackwater Street, were demolished to make way for the Council Offices which opened in 1897. The chimney and part of Bridge Mill can be seen on the right.
St George's Bridge, Hebden Bridge c1896 - HLS05068
On the left building work has started on the Council Offices. The chimney and part of Bridge Mill are beyond the bridge.
Hebden Bridge - West End Bridge - HLS05069
Looking down Hebden Water to West End Bridge with Old Gate on the right. The building on the left, which is to the rear of Westbourne House, was converted into a dwelling in 2012 and windows added. Beyond the bridge is Central Dyeworks to which an…
Hebden Bridge - St Georges Bridge about 1895 - HLS05070
Looking across St Georges Bridge, built 1893, to the Square and the large Co-op building with its clock tower. The building on the right on Blackwater Street was demolished to make way for the Council Offices which were built in 1897.
Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge - HLS05071
Date unknown but prior to the widening of New Road in 1931 when the end shop, Z Spencer & Sons Florists, was demolished and the second shop was reconstructed at then road end, now Holts Green Grocers.
Hebden Bridge - New Road and West End - HLS05072
New Road junction with Holme Street, left, and Bridge Gate, right looking towards West End. The signs on the left-hand building, below the lamp, point up Bridge Gate to Keighley and Hardcastle Crags. The policeman on point duty at the junction, a…
Hebden Bridge Parish Church of St James. - HLS05077
Whilst several of the Nonconformist Chapels are in or near the town centre the Parish Church is out at Mytholm. Historically Hebden Bridge came within the Parochial Chapelry of Heptonstall, part of the vast Halifax Parish. With the growing…
Hebden Bridge Parish Church of St James. - HLS05078
HLS05078. The church viewed from the 'inner lane' to Eaves. That lane passing the church is now only access to the school and Eaves Road has been cut into the hill on the right joining the 'lane' about by the end of the building on the left.
Hebden Bridge - Mytholm about 1845 from an old print. - HLS05080
Engraving by J Shore c.1855. Looking up from Stubbing Holme where the Colden Water joins the River Calder, the 'mytholm'. Above is Mytholm Hall, St James Parish Church and above that Eaves Lower and Upper Mills and to the right Bankfoot Mill, now the…
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HLS05081. Right of centre is Stubbing Holme Dyeworks between the Rochdale Canal and the River Calder. Above it Adelaide Street and above that Bankfoot Mill. In the centre Mytholm Hall, St James Parish Church and Eaves Mills. The Hall and all the…
Hebden Bridge - Mytholm from Stubbing Brink. - HLS05085
HLS05085. Looking up Colden Clough. In the left foreground is Stubbing Holme Dyeworks and next to it Trinity Street on Stubbing Holme between the canal and the river. Above St James Parish Church and Bankfoot Mill with the Eaves Mills beyond. Date…
Hebden Bridge - Eaves Lower Mill, Mytholm. - HLS05086
HLS05086. Bridge on Eaves Lane crossing the Colden Water. The Eaves Mills having been disused for several years were demolished after the First World War and the site is now the Eaves Housing Estate.
Hebden Bridge - Eaves Bottom Estate, Mytholm. - HLS05087
HLS05087. Mill goit farm and cottages at Eaves Bottom in Colden Clough. The Eaves Mills, Upper and Lower, had been silk mills but ceased trading early 20th century and were taken over by a workers co-operative for weaving but the venture failed and…
Hebden Bridge - Mill Goit, Mytholm. - HLS05088
The goit at the bottom of Colden Clough for Bankfoot Mill.
Hebden Bridge - Mill Goit at Mytholm. - HLS05089
The goit for Bankfoot Mill at the bottom of Colden Clough.
Hebden Bridge - Mill Goit at Mytholm. - HLS05090
The goit at the bottom of Colden Clough for Bankfoot Mill.
Hebden Bridge - Whitley Arches, Charlestown. - HLS05091
HLS05091. Constructed by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and named after the Whitleys whose Calderside Mill was adjacent. When built the bow string bridge over the Rochdale Canal along with that at Gauxholme were about the first such bridges…
Hebden Bridge - Whiteley Arches, Charlestown. - HLS05092
HLS05092. Constructed by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and named after the Whitleys whose Calderside Mill was adjacent. When built the bow string bridge over the Rochdale Canal along with that at Gauxholme were about the first such bridges…
Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge - HLS05093
Bankfoot Garage, with a single petrol pump, looking up towards buildings on Heptonstall Road. The left-hand drive car by the garage has a post-1921 Leeds registration number.